Jared Lloyd | Wildlife Stock Photography

Fawn Bedded on the Forest Floor

a newborn whitetail deer fawn lies hidden on the forest floor waiting for mom to return. Whitetail deer mothers will bed their newborn fawns someplace safe for the day while they go off to find food. For the first few weeks of their lives, fawns have no smell to them. For this reason, as long as they stay curled up where they are put, they generally safe from predation.

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a newborn whitetail deer fawn lies hidden on the forest floor waiting for mom to return. Whitetail deer mothers will bed their newborn fawns someplace safe for the day while they go off to find food. For the first few weeks of their lives, fawns have no smell to them. For this reason, as long as they stay curled up where they are put, they generally safe from predation.